FAQ
What is the little/Little Brother?
What makes FleetGPS different from other AVL systems on the market?
Is GPS a good fit for my business?
What are the benefits of using GPS?
What does our fleet tracking system consist of?
How does our system work?
What can FleetGPS monitor?
What can our GPS system control?
How much data can we store?
Does FleetGPS work everywhere?
What is GPS?
What is a GeoFence?
What is an Alert?
What is a Locate?
What is the Little/Little Brother?
The brother Locator series is a complete, easy-to-install Real-Time location and tracking system for both home and business that collects, stores, and processes vehicle data, and then delivers the information through our easy-to-use web site.
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What makes our product different from other AVL systems on the market?
With a consistent proven track record of over 5 years and responsible for saving lives, our units are feature rich and built on a flexible next-gen architectural platform for upgradeability to accommodate your current and more importantly, future needs .
Unlike other manufacturers that use 8 channel gps, we use swiss made gps utilizing 12 and 16 channel receivers allowing for accuracy as good as 15' . By utilizing the digital overhead control channel cellular bandwidth in conjunction with gps satellite coverage we cover the the largest tracking geographic regains without sacrificing latency.
Authorized Microsoft Map Point reseller. Our mapping software updated automatically. We allow all our subscribers to pool locates and Rollover locates so you never lose them unlike some companies. Transfer your tracker asset-to-asset with no charge.
Easy 2 wire installation and superior service and support 24/7 to our customers.
We are building a gps dealer network so you can find a dealer that is local to you. We provide quality hardware and service at a lower price than our competitors. See the Pricing page for more information.
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Is GPS a good fit for my business?
Our tracking is the perfect choice to monitor any local or metro fleet:
- Taxi and limousine fleets
- State and local government fleets
- Public transportation fleets
- Utility fleets
- Delivery fleets
- Service fleets
- Construction and contractor fleets
- Any business that wants to minimize fleet costs and maximize fleet usefulness
Find out how much you can save using our systems.
Check our our online GPS Savings Calculator.
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What are the benefits of using GPS?
Our systems can help you:
- Monitor your teen drivers
- Find lost family members
- Businesses m ake better, faster dispatch & routing decisions
- Improve employee productivity
- Eliminate moonlighting and side trips
- Lower fleet operational costs
- Increase revenue
- Monitor and control your mobile assets
For information on how FleetGPS delivers these benefits, see the Features & Benefits page.
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What comes with our tracking system?
- A GPS device, antenna and mounting hardware..
- Access to our secure GPS web site, where you can set up your vehicles and fleets, track and control your vehicles, and generate reports.
- Package of locates
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How does our system work?
- Our devices automatically monitor data about the vehicles in which they're installed, such as speed, location, direction of travel, and engine status. The system reports at programmed intervals.
- Our devices wirelessly send their data to our secure servers.
- The reported data is accessed through our secure GPS web site. The web site also allows you to send location queries to devices in the field.
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What can our GPS systems monitor?
In addition to speed, location and direction of travel, our devices can monitor vehicle electrical systems using the input/output (I/O) pins on the device: for example, ignition status, door locks, and temperature can all be monitored. You can set up alerts for most of the items that we monitors; for example, our systems can let you know when vehicles exceed safe speeds, or whether a vehicle's engine is on or off. Reports are sent by e-mail or text message.
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What can our GPS system Control?
Our systems output connections can be used to control certain electrical systems in your vehicles. For example, you can install a device to remotely lock or unlock vehicle power doors, or to disable the starter so that the vehicle's engine cannot be started.
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How much data can we store?
FleetGPS securely stores transmitted data for online retrieval for 90 days. We archive all data for 7 years.
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Does our systems work everywhere?
Little Brother GPS (AMPS) works is all of North America including Alaska and Hawaii. Our units cover Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and parts of South America. Of course, like all wireless communication systems, some geographic and weather conditions can affect signal strength and coverage availability. GPS signals, for example, may be suppressed if vehicles are in underground garages.
GSM systems do not have the coverage of our AMPS systems at the moment. The United Stated GSM networks are still being built up with new areas added every day.
Current GSM coverage includes most of the the major metropolitan areas across america. Coverage is good in most areas East of the Mississippi. West of the Mississippi, most major cities have coverage. There are still rural areas that GSM does not cover. For areas not covered by GSM, you can use our Little brother GPS unit that uses the AMPS Network.
AMPS Coverage Map
GSM Coverage Map
The Secure GPS web site application is available anywhere an Internet connection is available.
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What is GPS?
GPS (Global Positioning System) is the technology that pinpoints vehicles location using a network of 24 public global satellites positioned above the earth's atmosphere. FleetGPS devices use GPS to track vehicle locations, speed and direction of travel.
Our GPS is accurate to about 25 feet or less, and the antenna generally requires a direct view of the sky to track accurately.
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What is a GeoFence?
A GeoFence is a geographic boundary that you define by right clicking and dragging over an area on your map. Our systems record all entry and exit of assigned vehicles from GeoFence boundaries and can alert system users when these "events" occur.
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What is an alert?
Your system can be set up to send notification alerts when certain events occur, such as when vehicles cross GeoFence boundaries, or when they exceed speed limits. Alerts can be sent to email, pagers, cell phones with SMS text messaging*, or any device with an email address, such as PDAs.
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What is a locate?
A locate is any unique data point or event recorded by our systems either automatic or user initiated that is transmitted to our servers. For example, scheduled data recording, speed events, and geofence violations are all locates.
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